Word: concerns
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...part, the shifting urban vote is a result of the slow, steady erosion of the coalition of ethnic minorities, Negroes and intellectuals that F.D.R. forged 34 years ago. Negro militancy has siphoned off much support from urban Italians, Irish and Slavs. The war has disenchanted many intellectuals. Of greater concern to the Democrats is their fading appeal to the blue-collar vote, once their mainstay. California's Brown, who had the support of labor leaders but lost the rank-and-file vote, noted: "Workers used to ask about workmen's compensation and disability insurance. Not this time. The workers have...
...still something of an unknown factor. He looks the part of a President and, as a devout Mormon, is morally about as upright as a candidate can be. But even those who lean toward him are not sure that he has the depth for the job, and some express concern over his tendency toward sanctimoniousness. One gag has an aide telling Romney, as the two emerge from a meeting, "Beautiful day, Governor." Romney's reply: "Thank you." Over the next 20 months, the undecided Republicans will be studying his performance with microscopic care...
...seems to me that these are the significant issues in evaluating the McNamara incident. Beyond these abstract considerations, there is a definite incongruity in insisting on proper decorum when the underlying question is of attitudes toward a vicious war, or of being concerned with not embarrassing a guest when the questions he raises concern the fundamental nature of our society. NORM DIAMOND Teaching Fellow in Government
...even more distressing to McNamara than this economic failure, and the desperate need to raise revenue, is the general complacency and lack of concern he sees spreading through the country. "I'm disheartened by the apathy of students," he said somewhat sadly on Monday...
Harvard's fear is that such a move would be interpreted as discouraging language teaching at all levels throughout the country, and this would be ill advised. Such concern sounds a bit egocentric and is probably unnecessary. No one ever seriously claimed that what was good for Harvard was good for the country. And abolishing the language requirement would be good for Harvard students and, so, good for Harvard...